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Alert Coronavirus / COVID-19

If you have a new continuous cough, a high temperature, or a loss or change to your sense of taste or smell, do not come to our hospitals. Follow the national advice on coronavirus (COVID-19).

Please find information on our services and visiting restrictions in our COVID-19 section.

Patients and visitors must wear a face covering in our hospitals.

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Bus travel

COVID-19 update

Stagecoach - travelling safely with us (video)

Traveline

Please check with the bus companies for the latest timetables and use a service such as Traveline to plan your journey.

Bus companies

Buses to John Radcliffe Hospital

Bus travel to the John Radcliffe Hospital - Stagecoach

Bus connections to the John Radcliffe Hospita - Oxford Bus Company

Park & Ride

If you need to travel by car, please consider using the Park & Ride service. The bus stops at the hospital a short distance from the main entrances.

From Monday 9 May 2022

Park & Ride service direct to hospitals

700 Park & Ride - Monday to Friday only

Kidlington / Oxford Parkway / JR / Brookes / Churchill / NOC / Thornhill P&R

Thornhill P&R / NOC / Churchill / Brookes / JR / Oxford Parkway / Kidlington

Park & Ride buses Sundays / Bank Holidays

  • Thornhill
    400     to Headington Shops for a 10 minute walk on to the JR site
  • Redbridge
    300     to Oxford City Centre and change buses (see options below)
  • Oxford Parkway [Water Eaton]
    500     to Oxford City Centre and change buses (see options below)
  • Oxford Bus Company Park & Ride
  • Park & Ride map (pdf)

Direct buses (bus stops on-site)

The Park & Ride service can also be used as a direct bus service to the John Radcliffe, picking up passengers at the stated locations, as well as the Park & Ride site.

Buses that stop in Headington

There are many, frequent bus services from Oxford city centre to Headington.

From bus stops at 'Headington shops' (either side of Windmill Road) it is 0.6 miles (12 minutes') walk to the John Radcliffe Level 2 main entrance via Osler Road, or 0.8 miles (15 minutes') walk (downhill) to the West Wing.

You can also reach the West Wing if you walk through the building.

Last reviewed:05 May 2022